Levi: I Look at Palin with “Disgust” — Says She Repeatedly Lied About Him on “Oprah,” and Turns Down Her “Invite” to Thanksgiving Dinner — (CBS) Sarah Palin talked tough about the father of her grandson on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that aired Monday — and Levi Johnston is giving it right back.

Newsweek Photo of Palin Shows Media Bias and Sexism — For all of you who live in a dream world and think the mainstream media isn't biased, get a load of the latest cover of Newsweek below: — You've got to hand it to the folks at Newsweek. They have accomplished being biased and sexist at the same time.

Sarah Palin: Newsweek — Newsweek — The choice of photo for the cover of this week's Newsweek is unfortunate. When it comes to Sarah Palin, this “news” magazine has relished focusing on the irrelevant rather than the relevant. The Runner's World magazine one-page profile for which this photo …

Bowing to Mao — A reader sends over this video clip of President Richard M. Nixon's historic visit to China, which includes, at 1:24, a rather deep bow to Mao Zedong. — David Sanger also recalls the flap over a George H. W. Bush bow in what really does seem, by historical standards, like a non-story, if a recurrent one.

Stupak: I have votes to defeat health bill — Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) pledged this morning to defeat healthcare reform if his abortion amendment is taken out, saying 10 to 20 pro-life Democrats would vote against a bill with weaker language. — “They're not going to take it out,” …

Pruden: Obama lacks “blood impulse” for what America “is about” due to “Kenyan father,” “mother attracted to men of the Third World” — So far it's a memorable trip. He established a new precedent for how American presidents should pay obeisance to kings, emperors, monarchs …

Fox News: Fair And Balanced? — A report suggests yes. — Fox News has become embroiled in a nasty controversy over its ill treatment of President Obama. But are the charges true? — What if I told you that Fox gave Obama his worst press and John McCain his best press of any network during last year's presidential election?

Rush Interviews Governor Sarah Palin — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: We are going to open this hour with a rare personal interview, a rare guest. It doesn't happen much on this program, but we are happy to have with us former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, whose book, Going Rogue …

Breast exam guidelines now call for less testing — Change debated Potential harm of frequent mammograms outweighs benefit, task force says — Women in their 40s should stop routinely having annual mammograms and older women should cut back to one scheduled exam every other year …

Chance of Great Depression Now 5%... For 2 1/4 years now I have been saying that there is no chance of a repeat of the Great Depression or anything like it—that we know what to do and how to do it and will do it if things turn south. — I don't think I can say that anymore.

11/17: New Yorkers Divide Over Terror Trial Location — Eight years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Obama Administration has announced that five alleged attackers will be tried in federal court in the shadows of where the World Trade Towers once stood, New York City.

House GOP to force Gitmo detainee vote — House Minority Leader John Boehner said that Republicans will attempt to force Democratic leaders to hold a vote on a bill that would ban Guantanamo Bay detainees from being transferred to the United States. — Boehner revealed on Tuesday morning …

Poll finds deep divisions on health-care reform — But poll finds support for key provisions of reform effort — As the Senate prepares to take up legislation aimed at overhauling the nation's health-care system, President Obama and the Democrats are still struggling to win the battle for public opinion.

Newsweek Taps Bushie to Cover Obama — See if you can follow this logic. — A recent article in Newsweek states that Democrats could have won a “very significant number of Republican votes in Congress” for the stimulus — had there only been a “meaningful tax-cut component.”

Obama Has Failed the World on Climate Change — US President Barack Obama came to office promising hope and change. But on climate change, he has followed in the footsteps of his predecessor George W. Bush. Now, should the climate summit in Copenhagen fail, the blame will lie squarely with Obama.

$6.4 Billion Stimulus Goes to Phantom Districts — Just how big is the stimulus package? Well for one, it has doubled the size of the House of Representatives, according to recovery.gov, which says that funds were distributed to 440 congressional districts that do not exist.

The Excommunication Of Lou Dobbs — Why do his critics think they're the middle ground? — When I first heard the news that Lou Dobbs, after some 30 years, would be leaving CNN, I didn't think much about it. I knew that Dobbs, self-styled “unaffiliated independent populist,” was an equal opportunity irritant.